G21C 17/108
Measuring reactor flux
G21C17/108 (Measuring reactor flux) appears on 224 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 493
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Neutron flux measurement apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,650,528 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method of synthesizing reactor core power distribution for reactor core protection system based on in-core instrument signal using ordinary kriging method12 May 2026US 12,626,830 B2Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
- Self-powered nuclear radiation detector comprising a cable assembly and a temperature compensation assembly, and method of correcting a temperature related change of an output signal20 Jan 2026US 12,529,806 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Method of dynamic control rod reactivity measurement13 Jan 2026US 12,525,367 B2Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- Calibration of power monitors in molten salt reactors14 Oct 2025US 12,444,514 B2Abilene Christian University
- Method calibrating power monitors for molten salt reactors at low power8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311900 A1Abilene Christian University
- Apparatus for controlling nuclear reactor and method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301979 A1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Nuclear instrument removal system for use with processing a nuclear instrument, associated feed and cut module, and method of processing a nuclear instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279608 A1Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd.
- Nuclear instrumentation device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221300 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method of calculating heat output using in-core instrumentation18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169178 A1Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and process for the control of a nuclear power system44US 4,330,367 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1982
- High pressure seal fitting with built-in low pressure seal arrangement36US 4,728,479 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1988
- Instrumentation tube features for reduction of coolant flow-induced vibration of flux thimble tube36US 4,990,304 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991
- High pressure thimble/guide tube seal fitting with built-in low pressure seal especially suitable for facilitated and more efficient nuclear reactor refueling service34US 4,996,018 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991
- Method of automatically monitoring the power distribution of a nuclear reactor employing movable incore detectors32US 3,932,211 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1976